# files to pick up a version string change; and leave it stale to
# minimize rebuild time after unrelated changes to configure sources.
#
# files to pick up a version string change; and leave it stale to
# minimize rebuild time after unrelated changes to configure sources.
#
-# It is probably wise to add these two files to .gitignore, so that you
-# don't accidentally commit either generated file.
+# As with any generated file in a VC'd directory, you should add
+# /.version to .gitignore, so that you don't accidentally commit it.
+# .tarball-version is never generated in a VC'd directory, so needn't
+# be listed there.
#
# Use the following line in your configure.ac, so that $(VERSION) will
# automatically be up-to-date each time configure is run (and note that
#
# Use the following line in your configure.ac, so that $(VERSION) will
# automatically be up-to-date each time configure is run (and note that
-# will be present for dependencies, and so that .tarball-version will
-# exist in distribution tarballs.
+# will be present for dependencies, and so that .version and
+# .tarball-version will exist in distribution tarballs.
# BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
# $(top_srcdir)/.version:
# echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
# BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
# $(top_srcdir)/.version:
# echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
# First see if there is a tarball-only version file.
# then try "git describe", then default.
# First see if there is a tarball-only version file.
# then try "git describe", then default.
# derive a version string.
elif test "`git log -1 --pretty=format:x . 2>&1`" = x \
&& v=`git describe --abbrev=4 --match='v*' HEAD 2>/dev/null \
# derive a version string.
elif test "`git log -1 --pretty=format:x . 2>&1`" = x \
&& v=`git describe --abbrev=4 --match='v*' HEAD 2>/dev/null \
- *-*-*) : git describe is okay three part flavor ;;
- *-*)
- : git describe is older two part flavor
- # Recreate the number of commits and rewrite such that the
- # result is the same as if we were using the newer version
- # of git describe.
- vtag=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-.*//'`
- commit_list=`git rev-list "$vtag"..HEAD 2>/dev/null` \
- || { commit_list=failed;
- echo "$0: WARNING: git rev-list failed" 1>&2; }
- numcommits=`echo "$commit_list" | wc -l`
- v=`echo "$v" | sed "s/\(.*\)-\(.*\)/\1-$numcommits-\2/"`;
- test "$commit_list" = failed && v=UNKNOWN
- ;;
+ *-*-*) : git describe is okay three part flavor ;;
+ *-*)
+ : git describe is older two part flavor
+ # Recreate the number of commits and rewrite such that the
+ # result is the same as if we were using the newer version
+ # of git describe.
+ vtag=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-.*//'`
+ commit_list=`git rev-list "$vtag"..HEAD 2>/dev/null` \
+ || { commit_list=failed;
+ echo "$0: WARNING: git rev-list failed" 1>&2; }
+ numcommits=`echo "$commit_list" | wc -l`
+ v=`echo "$v" | sed "s/\(.*\)-\(.*\)/\1-$numcommits-\2/"`;
+ test "$commit_list" = failed && v=UNKNOWN
+ ;;
esac
# Change the first '-' to a '.', so version-comparing tools work properly.
# Remove the "g" in git describe's output string, to save a byte.
v=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-/./;s/\(.*\)-g/\1-/'`;
esac
# Change the first '-' to a '.', so version-comparing tools work properly.
# Remove the "g" in git describe's output string, to save a byte.
v=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-/./;s/\(.*\)-g/\1-/'`;
-# Don't declare a version "dirty" merely because a time stamp has changed.
-git update-index --refresh > /dev/null 2>&1
+# Test whether to append the "-dirty" suffix only if the version
+# string we're using came from git. I.e., skip the test if it's "UNKNOWN"
+# or if it came from .tarball-version.
+if test -n "$v_from_git"; then
+ # Don't declare a version "dirty" merely because a time stamp has changed.
+ git update-index --refresh > /dev/null 2>&1
-dirty=`sh -c 'git diff-index --name-only HEAD' 2>/dev/null` || dirty=
-case "$dirty" in
- '') ;;
- *) # Append the suffix only if there isn't one already.
- case $v in
- *-dirty) ;;
- *) v="$v-dirty" ;;
- esac ;;
-esac
+ dirty=`exec 2>/dev/null;git diff-index --name-only HEAD` || dirty=
+ case "$dirty" in
+ '') ;;
+ *) # Append the suffix only if there isn't one already.
+ case $v in
+ *-dirty) ;;
+ *) v="$v-dirty" ;;
+ esac ;;
+ esac
+fi